Put an end to your BOM Processing Problems Produce better quotes in a fraction of the time!

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1 BOM Connector Put an end to your BOM Processing Problems Produce better quotes in a fraction of the time!

2 BOM Connector A Must Have Tool for Every Electronic Manufacturer! Design Layout Engineering USERS Purchasing Planning Production ERP Search BOM Search CAD View Export Quoting C U S T O M E R B O M S ERP COMP AML/AVL Valor MSS BOM Octopart, Part Miner and others Distributor/ Pricing Catalogs Dealing with BOM data is one of the biggest headaches faced by both OEM and EMS manufacturers. EMS manufacturers are confronted daily with a wide variety of BOM formats and ever-changing content. Usually the only rule that applies is there are no rules. Matching customer parts to internal parts, comparing different BOM revisions and communicating with purchasing are too often done manually, which is mistake-prone and can easily take hours or even days of effort. Preparing accurate quotations means constantly checking for current component pricing and delivery conditions. A good BOM tool should help with all these tasks. BOM Connector is exactly that tool! Why BOM Connector Should Be Part Of Your Process Flow Because working with BOMs is a serious drain on time resources. Because when it comes to BOM data there are no rules Too much time is lost searching, scrubbing, editing saving and loading BOMs. The term time is money is nowhere as appropriate as in electronic manufacturing. Dealing with BOM data is one of the biggest headaches faced by both OEM and EMS manufacturers. Because the earlier these problems are caught, the better. BOM Connector links all necessary data sources to create a correct Golden BOM. Quotations can be prepared quicker and more accurately. Parts purchasing is greatly simplified. Because BOM Connector links your ERP-System directly into quoting, planning and production tasks

3 Bom Connector Modules A Modular System for All Your Requirements QUOTE Quickly get accurate up-to-date component prices and availability and enter them into your quote Load and view CAD data and compare with BOM Highly intelligent search algorithms to find the right part from the ERP-System. Plan, scrub and enhance the BOM Check the contents of a BOM for changes, errors or other missing information. Cross-check between revisions Read any external BOM, such as Excel, CSV, HTML or free text. Export BOMs in any desired format Automated Download of BOMs from your ERP-System and upload of the Golden BOM into ERP Direct link to different data sources, such as ERP, technical component database, Valor MSS and others -LINK Connection to ERP-System and Other Data Sources BOMs ERP Component Information A direct ERP data source link is the backbone of BOM Connector and gives direct access to all necessary ERP data. BOM Connector BC-LINK includes a connection wizard that allows it to connect dynamically to nearly every ERP-System, including all SAP versions. ERP data is brought smoothly into the BOM Connector backend database, so searching and other tasks can be performed without effecting ERP-System performance. A big plus for SAP users BOM Connector interfaces via standard scripts and BAPI remote function calls, so it s always compatible with future versions and no additional costs are incurred on the SAP side.

4 -IN/OUT Import BOMs and Export in a Common Format Use BOM Connector to read in virtually any BOM quickly and easily. All standard formats are supported, including CSV, XLS, XML, HTML and free text. Field names can be mapped and a consistency check performed, so that regardless of the source, the result in BOM Connector is always identical and verified. Additional scrubbing steps can be performed automatically during the import process, such as separating description field into individual information such as value and package, or properly identifying manufacturer names and numbers (MPNs). The result is an easily-readable BOM displayed and ready for the next steps or for direct output to a standardized format. -PREP Preparing Customer BOMs and Production Planning This module is at the heart of BOM Connector. Using the various search routines, the user can quickly and easily find the most suitable part from within the ERP-System for a given customer part. A particularly innovative SmartSearch, for example, is a big time saver. With Smartsearch the part s description field, or fields, are evaluated and broken down into individual elements, so that Cap 100NF 10PCT 0603 gets assigned as»cap100nf10pct0603«. The system searches the ERP data for the partnumbers that come closest in function, with an intelligent fuzzy logic method, independent of notation and sequence. As shown below, the search algorithm properly interprets»10%«and»10pct«, as well as»0.1uf«and»100nf«. Parts which best match the search criteria are displayed in a bestmatch-first sequence. The user simply selects the desired part with a double-click and the ERP information is added to the BOM. The correspondence between customer partnumber and internal partnumber is stored in a Customer Info Set (CIS) table for future reference, meaning the system gets smarter with each usage. The customer BOM doesn t contain partnumbers? No problem! BOM Connector creates a unique ID code from the description field(s) as a reference. For future use, you can use the CIS Search to quickly find parts that were already matched. Additional search features include the MPN Search should the customer BOM contain manufacturer part numbers or if the customer has provided an approved manufacturer/vendor list (AML/AVL). A configurable operator search finds parts based on common statements (equals, non-equals, contains, begins with, etc.). And last-but-not-least, a manual Google-like search which lets you find parts based on any user-entered criterial. Any additional information the user needs in the BOM, such as manufacturing station or process can be entered interactively. The resulting Golden BOM can be exported in in any format with user-created templates. The BC-Exchange module can then upload the BOM directly to the ERP-System! Customer BOM ERP System

5 -CHECK Revision Compare and Error Checking All manufacturers, whether EMS or OEM, are confronted with a daily reality: BOM data is subject to change with little or no notice. And these changes need to make their way smoothly through the manufacturing process, often in the middle of the manufacturing process. If the wrong revision ends up on the production floor or in a quotation, the consequences are uncomfortable, to say the least. That s why we ve put a long list of checkpoints into BOM Connector s BC-Check module. To ensure BOM changes and errors get discovered before they hurt your manufacturing flow. Here are just a few: Check the BOM against the CAD design Check new customer BOM against old customer BOM Check customer BOM against ERP BOM Check current ERP BOM against earlier ERP BOM -CAD View Design Data & Integrate it With the BOM To achieve golden status, it s often necessary to enhance the BOM with data from the CAD layout. Thanks to BOM Connector s CAD link, the user can automatically extract design-specific information such as technology, top/bottom side or pin pitch and add it to the BOM. The BC-PREP module can then use this to automatically make assignments such as manufacturing station or process. An integrated viewer lets you view the PCB and search for design items like components, nets and testpoints. A crossprobe feature between PCB and BOM, is a big help when searching for the right part in your ERP-System. Thanks to its direct link to Valor MSS Process Preparation (vplan), virtually all CAD formats are supported. -EXCHANGE Direct ERP Link for Completed BOMs With BOM Connector s direct ERP interface, simply type in a project number and see a list of all available BOMs in the system, along with their revision information. Choose a BOM and it is automatically loaded into BOM Connector. No unwieldy export and import of intermediate files! Similarly, when finished planning the Golden BOM, upload it directly into the ERP-System or export it into a pre-defined ERP-ready format. BOMs ERP Component Information

6 -QUOTE Quoting and Part Sourcing Assistant Getting the most accurate prices is key to calculating manufacturing costs and quoting these to customers. BOM Connector s BC-Quote module helps you do this in several ways. If your ERP-System contains correct pricing, these will of course be assigned during the BC-Prep process and used to create a quotation. However, since component prices are constantly changing, other sources are usually required. The BOM Connector Distributor Catalog Interface (DCI) dynamically imports current prices from distributor-supplied Excel pricelists, which it then uses for cost calculations. An integrated Octopart Interface searches for prices in this popular online portal based on manufacturer partnumbers (MPN) contained in the BOM or in the approved vendor list. A QuickPrice function compares the prices found in all different sources, making it very easy to identify the best price. Based on a user-entered planned production quantity, BC- Quote will automatically find the appropriate bulk price. A built-in currency calculator takes into account supplier prices in different currencies, with exchange rates taken on-line from the European Central Bank. Any parts without a price can be exported into a distributor RFQ and automatically sent via to a list of preferred distributors. The returned, completed RFQ can be read back into BOM Connector for use in the quotation. The screenshot above shows how BC-Quote graphically displays prices found in the Octopart online portal for a Murata part. Distributors shown in red have either insufficient stock or require a minimum order far higher than required for the planned production quantity. The dark-green price is the current best price for that quantity. The user can easily select it with a mouse-click and use it for customer quoting and parts procurement. The price is stored in BOM Connector s pricing database for future use. As shown at the right, users can manually enter, edit, and track price information as well. A Universal Tool for Quoting and Purchasing Drastically reduce the time needed to prepare quotations Get up-to-the-minute prices, wherever they are Octopart Interface with Bestprice function Directly import distributor catalogs (i.e. AVNET, Silica, etc.) and search for prices Support for multiple currencies and cross-rates QuickPrice to compare current prices from multiple sources (i.e. ERP, distributor catalogs, online portals, etc.) Bulk price function takes into account planned production and order quantities to get the best scale pricing Store prices in the database for tracking and use in future quotations Automatically generate and a quotation request (RFQ) to your list of suppliers Read-back feature for completed supplier RFQs Generate a formatted quotation for your customer per mouse-click

7 Here s what our customers have to say:» We often had to make up to three calls to get the right BOM into our manufacturing. «Hermann Kraus, Siemens AG Industry Automation Division» For each order we write about a dozen quotes. So the time we save here really affects our bottom-line. «Thomas Markofsky, MSC Techologies (an AVNET Company)» The ability to combine CAD and BOM information is a great additional feature.«wolfgang Blumenschein, RAFI GmbH & Co. KG»Before BOM Connector, matching customer partnumbers to our internal parts was without a doubt the most time-consuming, repetitive task we had as an EMS provider. «Beat Holenstein, ECR AG Bundles for Every Size of Company: Module: Single Basic Advanced Site Enterprise BC-LINK BC-IN/OUT BC-PREP BC-CHECK BC-CAD BC-EXCHANGE BC-QUOTE Octopart Interface Valor/MSS Direct Interface WAN/Cloud Package Number of Seats unlimited unlimited (Site) Valor MSS and BOM Connector BOM Connector is tightly integrated with the industry-leading Valor MSS product family from Mentor Graphics. Load a BOM or PCB design from the MSS database, or directly push your completed Golden BOM into MSS to start the manufacturing/planning process. It s that easy! And with the BC-Link module you can sync your entire MSS Process Preparation (vplan) Master Part Library with your ERP-System!

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